After inspiring millions online, Carolina Gelen’s viral Chocolate Covered Cranberry Sauce recipe comes to life through a limited-edition collaboration with Ocean Spray^® and Compartés Chocolate

Key Highlights at a Glance:

• What It Is: A limited-edition four-pack of Chocolate Covered Cranberry Sauce discs inspired by recipe developer and award-winning author, Carolina Gelen’s 2023 fan favorite recipe with over 10 million views.
• The Inspiration: Gelen’s unexpected pairing of jellied cranberry sauce and chocolate captured attention online, showing there’s a lot more you can do with cranberry sauce than serve it as a Thanksgiving side.
• When + Where: Starting today, the limited-edition offering is available exclusively at Compartes.com for $24.95, while supplies last.

BOSTON, Nov. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Cranberry sauce has long been a Thanksgiving staple, but scroll through social media, and you’ll see fans melting, mashing, mixing, and reinventing it in recipes that go well beyond the holiday table. Today, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is teaming up with premium chocolatier Compartés and recipe developer and award-winning author Carolina Gelen to turn one of those unexpected ideas into a limited-edition holiday treat: Chocolate Covered Cranberry Sauce.

Inspired by Gelen’s fan-favorite recipe, the collaboration pairs Ocean Spray^® Jellied Cranberry Sauce with premium Compartés chocolate, transforming an unlikely combination into a limited-edition holiday treat. The partnership brings together Gelen’s creativity, Ocean Spray^® cranberry expertise and Compartés’ artisanal chocolate craftsmanship to reimagine a seasonal classic.

The Chocolate Covered Cranberry Sauce is available starting today exclusively at Compartes.com for $24.95 per four-pack, while supplies last.

“At Ocean Spray, we’ve seen people come up with plenty of creative ways to use cranberry sauce, but dipping it in chocolate got our attention,” said Kelvin Vuong, Head of USA Foods and Snacking at Ocean Spray. “Carolina’s recipe was fun, original and most importantly, delicious. Partnering with Carolina and Compartés gave us the opportunity to bring that idea to life and show everyone just how versatile cranberry sauce can be.”

Gelen first shared her cranberry sauce hack on social media in 2023. The recipe quickly captured attention, millions of views and fan recreations of the fresh and unexpected take on the familiar, seasonal favorite.

“When I first shared this recipe, I knew the combination was out of the box but seeing how much people loved it was such a fun surprise,” said Carolina Gelen. “Cranberry sauce has this tartness that works so well with rich chocolate, and I loved finding a completely different, but easy, way to use something everyone already knows and loves. Getting to work with Ocean Spray and Compartés to turn that idea into something people across the country can try is incredibly exciting.”

To bring Gelen’s idea from social feeds to holiday tables, Ocean Spray turned to Compartés, the award-winning Los Angeles chocolatier that’s spent 75 years transforming unexpected flavors and ingredients into premium chocolate creations. Working closely with Gelen, Compartés turned the beloved recipe into a handcrafted limited-edition treat, designed for gifting, sharing and discovering a new way to enjoy cranberry sauce this holiday season.

“At Compartés, we’re always drawn to flavor combinations that feel both unexpected and beautifully familiar,” said Jonathan Grahm, Creative Director and Chief Chocolatier. “Cranberry brings a bright, vibrant tartness to the richness of our chocolate, creating something entirely new yet wonderfully nostalgic. It’s a sophisticated expression of the holiday season – festive, surprising and deeply delicious.”

And one unexpected pairing wasn’t enough. This holiday season, Compartés will also fill its signature chocolate turkeys, the Thanksgiving centerpiece that needs no oven, with Ocean Spray Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce. Each turkey is handcrafted from pure chocolate, available in dark or milk, and finished with a signature Compartés ribbon, turning it into a place setting, tablescape and dessert conversation piece all in one. It’s another playful spin on two Thanksgiving traditions, offering one more way to experience cranberry sauce beyond the side dish. 

To see what else Ocean Spray is serving up this holiday season, visit OceanSpray.com or follow along on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

ABOUT OCEAN SPRAY
In 1930, Ocean Spray was founded by three maverick farmers – bonded by bold cranberry love. Since then, we’ve grown into a vibrant global agricultural cooperative, built on the strength of roughly 700 family farmers in the United States, Canada, and Chile. Together, we’ve worked to preserve the family farming way of life for nearly 100 years, and for generations to come. Today, our cranberries show up in more than a thousand deliciously nourishing products in over 100 countries worldwide. United by passion and purpose, Ocean Spray is committed to trailblazing the power of the mighty cranberry through its offbeat taste and uncanny nutrition to feed better, happier lives for all. Born Tart. Raised Bold.^® 

Media Contact: Kelly.Thackery@OMC.com 

ABOUT COMPARTÉS CHOCOLATIER 
For 75 years, Compartés has been redefining gourmet chocolate, shaped, dipped, and finished by hand in its Los Angeles kitchen from original family recipes and the freshest seasonal ingredients. Founded in 1950 as a small family shop, the award-winning brand was reimagined two decades ago by Creative Director and Head Chocolatier Jonathan Grahm, who blends art, fashion, and artisanal craft into a brand built for the modern connoisseur, and has since sold over 50 million chocolate bars.

Known as much for its craftsmanship as its pop culture-focused collaborations, Compartés has partnered with some of the biggest names in entertainment and culture, including The White Lotus, Panda Express, 818 Tequila, and As Ever, alongside custom creations for some of the world’s largest fashion houses. The brand has also built a devoted celebrity following that includes Oprah, Zoe Saldaña, Billie Eilish, and Lady Gaga. Compartés chocolates are available online at compartes.com. For more information, visit www.compartes.com and follow @compartes on Instagram.

Media Contact: compartes@dreamday.la

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